Registering and recording scale-beam and weight



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E. G. FISI-IER.

REGISTER-ING AND RECORDING SCALE BEAM AND WEIGHT.

Patented Oct l. PETERS, Phuwlimcgmpher, Washiugon, D. C.

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,( No ModeL) E. G. FISHER. REGISTERING AND RECORDING SCALE BEAMAND-WEIGHT1 No. 371,831. Patented Oct. 18,1887.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

EDMUND G. FISHER, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

REGISTERING AND RECORDING SCALE-BEAM AND WEIGHT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,831l dated October18, 1887.

Application filed December 22, 1886. Serial No. 222,251.

T0 all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND G. FrsHER, of Minneapolis, in the county ofHennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and usefulRegistering and Recording Scale, of which the following is aspeciiication.

The object of this invention is to provide a registering device 'whichmay be used in connection with a suitable scale to register the weight,and to provide means by which the reading` of the registering device maybe rccorded upon a suitable ticket; also, to provide a ticket for usewith said registering device, upon which the weight indicated by saidreg istering device may be recorded in pounds or bushels, or both, or inother preferred units of weight.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following` detaileddescription.

In the drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is aside elevation 'of a scale beam embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is aside elevation, partly broken away, showing the invention applied to ascale-beam and single poise. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line a: wof Fig. 2 looking in the direction indicated by arrow A. Fig. 4 is aplan View looking in the direction indicated by arrow B. Fig. 5 is asection ofthe dial,showing the manner of attaching the pointer. Fig. 6is a partial face view of the same. Fig. 7 is a front elevation with thedial removed. Fig. 8 is an end elevation and partial section showing acap for holding the ticket. Figs. 9, 10, 11, 12, and 18 are views of theticket. Fig. 14 is a detail showing a modified dial. Fig. 15 shows thearrangement of gears for the movable dial and stationary pointer.

In the drawings, 2 represents a scalebeam of ordinary construction,having the weight divisions marked thereon, itsupper surface or edgebeing preferably provided with a rack, 4, the teeth of which may be' cutupon the beam, or the rack may be independent and secured to the beam.

6 is a poise arranged to travel back and forth Over the beam.

8 is a serrated wheel mounted upon an axle or shaft, 10. This wheelmeshes with the rack 4, and the shaft supports the weight of the poise.The wheel 8 is of the proper diameter and furnished with the teethnecessary to make (No model.)

a certain number of complete revolutions in traveling from one end ofthe beam to the other. rllhe one I have shown will. make four of thesecomplete revolutions.

12 is a pinion upon the outer end of the shaft 10. This pinion mesheswith a pinion, 13, upon a short shaft, 15, and the pinion 13 in turnmeshes with the gear 14 uponthe pointer'- shaft 24. This gear and pinionare of the proper relative proportions to give one revolution of thegear 14 while the poise is being moved from one extreme tothe other ofthe beam. As shown, their proportion will be as one to four.

16 is a dial whose outer circumference is graduated or divided tocorrespond with the divisions upon the scale-beam. It will be seen byreference to Fig.1 that the beam is divided to indicate eighty thousandpounds, and the dial indcatesleighty thousand pounds. In Fig. 2, whichis intended for use on alightcr scale, the dial indicates eight thousandpounds, in which case the beam would indicate the same number.

The dial is preferably provided with a pin, 18, placed centrally at itstop. This pin is to furnish a means for accurately placing the ticketupon the dial so that its divisions will correspond with the divisionson the dial.

20 is a pointer attached to the shaft 24 and operated by thegear 14. Thepointer-shaft is preferably constructed as shown in Fig. 5. A centralstud, 22, is secured to a portion of the poise. A short hollow shaft,24, revolves upon this stud. The shaft 24 passes through the dial, andthe gear 14 and pointer 20 are attached thereto. To the outer end of thestud 22 the coveringplate 26 is secured. The plate 26 is made ofsufficient diameter to protect'the pointer, but not to interfere withthe reading of the dial. The stud 22 is preferably provided with a pointor projection, 28, which extends beyond the center of the plate 26, forthe purpose of holding the ticket centrallyin position upon the dial.

The pointer 2O is preferably provided with points 30, which project atright angles to and are located upon the three corners of the triangularhead of said pointer, for the purpose of puncturing the ticket as it ispressed upon. them. A re-enforeement, 31, may be made upon the back ofthe pointer opposite the spending pound-divisions.

points 30, which shall bear against the dial as the points are pressedthrough the paper and prevent bending the pointer. (See Fig. 5.)

32 is a small rack or beam mounted upon the poise G and carrying theauxiliary poise 34. This poise is also furnished with a dial, 36, andpointer 38, and is for the purpose of indicating the subdivisions on thescale-beam. The construction is similar to the one already described,except that as the distance traversed is short I am enabled to attachthe pointer directly to the shaft of the opcratingwheel, so that thewheel and pointer make one revolution in the extreme travel of thepoise.

40 represents the ticket or tallydisk. I have shown in Fig. 9 a ticketsuitable for use with the poise shown in Fig. 1. The outer circumferenceis divided to correspond with the dial 16, and an inner circle isdivided to correspond with the dial 36.

Holes 42 at the top and I4 in the center correspond with the pins 18 and2S, respectively. A hole, 46,V may also be made at the upper edge of theinner division, as shown in Fig. 9, to tit over a corresponding pin uponthe dial 36.

I prefer to provide a series of tickets and to divide each ticket into anumber of divisions corresponding with the divisions of the scalebeam,and also to divide them into a number of divisions indicating the numberof bushels and parts of bushels represented bythe corre- The ticket tobe used for wheat, Fig. 10, will be divided to indicate bushels of sixtypounds each. The ticket for oats, Fig. 11, will be divided to indicatebushels of thirty-two pounds each. The ticket for ilax, corn, and rye,Fig. 12, will be divided to indicate bushels of fifty-six pounds cach.The ticket for barley, Fig. 13, will be divided to indicate bushels offorty eight pounds each., The several kinds of tickets may be printed ormarked with ink of different colors-21s, for example, the wheattickctmay be marked with black ink; the oats-ticket with red ink; the flax,corn, and rye ticket with green ink, and the barley-ticket with blueink. Each ticket thus having its distinguish ing color, there need be nomistakes in using them.

Vhen any grain or other substance is to be weighed, one of the ticketsis placed over the dial, with its holes tting upon the pins on the dial,after the poise has been removed to the proper point on the beam, sothat the position of the pointer will indicate on the dial the weight onthe scale, and punctures are made in it by pressing it against thepoints 30 on the end of the pointer. There will thus be formed apermanent record on the ticket, showing both the number of pounds andthe number of bushels weighed.

Instead of being printed or marked with ink of different colors, thetickets may be provided with distinguishing marks of any suitablecharacter.

Two or more tickets can be used for each weighing, if preferred, andthus a duplicate record can bc made. One ticket can be re tained by theseller and the other by the buyer.

It will be seen that the dial furnishes a seeond reading whichcorresponds with the reading on the beam, and instead of marking thedial with figures corresponding with those on the beam it may be markedwith letters or other characters. The dial may also be mark ed withseveral concentric scales, as shown in Fig. lli-one for indicating theweight in pounds, in the manner already described; another forindicating the number of bushels of sixty pounds each; another forindicating the nu'mber ofbnshels of iifty-six pounds each, and so on,and the reading may be made from the scale that indicates the number ol'bushels of the particular grain or other substance that is beingweighed.

In Fig. 8 I have shown a cap, 50, that is hinged to the upper edge ofthe dial and provided with a lining of cork or other suitable material,52. After one ofthe tickets 40 has been placed over the dial the cap isturned against it and presses the ticket against the pointer. Theprojections 30 on the pointer puncture the ticket and their ends arereceived by the soft lining of the cap. By this means the device can beused without injuring the pointer. It will be readily understood that asan equivalent construction the pointer may be stationary and the dialmovable, and in Fig. 15 I have shown an arrangement of gears by whichthe movable dial may be operated. This arrangement is similarto theother, except that the intermediate gear-,13,is omitted and the pinion12 meshes directly with the gear 1st.

It is not essential that the spaces on the tickets correspond to thoseon the dials. For instance, the dial may be spaced and marked toindicate pounds, and the tickets that are used with it may be spaced andmarked to indicate bushels. A ticket of this kind being placed over adial indicating pounds, the weightwill be reduced to bushels andfractions thereof, or to bushels and pounds, or, in other, words, theweight on the scale will be shown on the registering device in pounds,but will be recorded on the ticket in bushels.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, with a scalebeam and asliding poise, of a registering mechanism upon the sliding poise,connecting means between said registering mechanism and saidscalebeam,whereby said registering mechanism is operated automaticallyas the poise is moved over the beam and the weight is indi cated by theregistering mechanism, a ticket, and means for forming on said ticket arecord of the weight indicated by the registering mechanism,substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a scale-beam,of a registering mechanism, asliding poise, connecting means between said registering mechanism andthe scale-beam, whereby said meehanism is operated automatically as thepoise is moved over the scale-beam, and showing IOO IIO

and means for forming on said ticket a record of the reading of theregistering mechanism, substantially1 as described.

3. The combination, with a scale-beam and a sliding poise, of a dialsecured upon the sliding poise, a wheel bearing upon the beam andadapted to be rotated as the poise is moved over the beam, and apointerarranged to move over said dial and operated by said wheel, whereby theweight is indicated by the posi- 'tion of the poise on the beam and bythe position of the pointer on the dial, a spaced ticket,

and means for forming on the ticket a record of the position of thepointer, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with a scale-beam and a poise, of a dial secured tosaid poise and having divisions corresponding with the divisions ofthescale-beam, a pointer pivoted upon said dial, and operating means, asdescribed, for moving said pointer over said dial in unison with themovement of said poise over the scale-beam,aspaced ticket, and means forforming on the ticket a record of the position of the pointer on thedial, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with a scale-beam and a poise, of the dial securedupon said poise, the pointer on said dial provided with projections orpoints 80, means for operating said pointer as said poise is moved, anda spaced ticket adapted to fit over said dial and be punctured by theprojections on said pointer, substantially as described.

6. rlhe combination, with the scale-beam and poise, of the dial uponsaid poise having spaces corresponding with the spaces upon said beam,the pointer upon said dial, the ticket having spaces corresponding withthe spaces on said dial, and means for piincturing said ticket to recordthe position ofsaid pointer, substantially as described.

7. The weight-recording ticket having a circular scale with itsdivisions marked by oneA series of figures indicating pounds, and asecond series of iiguresindicating bushels, in combination with ascale-beam and a registering mechanism, and means for forming on saidticket an impression showing the weight indicated by said registeringmechanism, substantially as described.

8. The weight-recording ticket having a circular scale with itsdivisions marked by one series of gurcs indicating pounds, and a secondseries of figures indicating bushels, in combination with the scale-dialhaving a corresponding series of divisions, a pointer, means for movingsaid pointer over said dial, and means for forming punctures in saidticket to record the position of said pointer on said dial.

9. The Weight recording ticket having a series of concentric scalesmarked thereon, in combination with a weight-registering mechanism, andmeans for forming on said ticket a record of the reading of saidregistering mechanism, substantially as described.

l0. The combination, with a registering mechanism having a spacedindicating-dial, of a spaced recording-ticket, and means for forming onsaid ticket a record of the reading of said dial, substantially asdescribed.

1l. The combination, with a scale-beam and sliding poise, of aregistering mechanism upon the sliding poise provided with anindicatingdial, connecting means between said registering mechanism andthe scale-beam, whereby said mechanism is operated automatically as thepoise is moved over the scale-beam, whereby the Weight is indicated onsaid dial,a ticket, and means ior forming on said ticket a record of theweight indicated by said registering mechanism.

12. The combination, with a scale and sliding poise, of a registeringmechanism upon the sliding poise provided with an indicatingdial,connecting means between said registering mechanism and the scale-beam,whereby said mechanism is operated automatically as the poise is movedover the scale-beam, whereby the Weight is indicated on said dial,aspaced circular ticket, and means for forming on said ticket a record ofthe reading on said dial.

In testimony whereofhave hereunto set my hand this 18th day of December,1886.

EDMUND G. FISHER.

In presence of- A. C. PAUL, A. M. GAsKELL.

